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1/20/2014

Topic Reading-Vol.649-1/20/2014

Dear MEL School’s Topic Readers,
Hiroo Onoda, Japanese soldier who long refused to surrender, dies at 91.
How many of you saw or remembered the sensational scene when this last soldier of Japan’s Imperial army finally surrendered and showed up to the then-modern society after three decades of hiding in a jungle in one of the small islands of the Philippines four decades ago?
He was sent to the island as an intelligent officer and ordered fight and not to die. He sincerely followed the order and hid him and his fellow soldiers away from his enemy and the local residents until 1974 with food and water he could get in the jungle. During the time in the jungle, he lived without any contacts or interactions with anyone but his few team members. In a sense, he time-traveled for three decades!
Enjoy reading and imagining what the completely isolated life for 30 years is like.


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